Chemical Communications 2013-05-14

Multicomponent self-sorting of a Pd7 molecular boat and its use in catalytic Knoevenagel condensation.

Dipak Samanta, Partha Sarathi Mukherjee

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 49(39) , 4307-9, (2013)

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Abstract

Unique three-component self-assembly of a cis-blocked 90° Pd(II) acceptor with a mixture of tri- and tetra-imidazole donors led to the self-sorting of a Pd7 molecular boat with an internal nanocavity, which catalyses the Knoevenagel condensation of a series of aromatic aldehydes with 1,3-dimethylbarbituric acid and Meldrum's acid in aqueous media.